ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,395, issued on May 27, was assigned to IPR-INTELLIGENTE PERIPHERIEN FUR ROBOTER GMBH (Eppingen, Germany).

"Method for preserving cavities, mixing nozzle unit and cavity-preserving device having a mixing nozzle unit of this type" was invented by Fredy Doll (Achern, Germany) and Marc Engelhart (Sinsheim, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for preserving cavities by applying a protective layer to the interior of a hollow body. The method uses a mixing nozzle unit coupled to a rotor unit. The mixing nozzle unit is rotated about an axis of rotation and has a mixing nozzle. The mixing nozzle unit has two supply channels for th...